Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2022
Suspended 60 days2022 · as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer Dewel Rivera received a 60-day suspension in 2022. The Department of Corrections reported that while Rivera was assigned to a local hospital to guard and secure an inmate, he was observed sleeping while on duty and falsified log book entries to make it appear he was touring the room and checking the inmate. The sustained charges were neglect of duty, conduct unbecoming, violation of administrative procedure, and violation of a rule or regulation.
Major discipline · 2022[1]
Suspended 60 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
While assigned to local hospital to guard/secure inmate was observed to be sleeping while on duty. Falsified log book entries to make it seem was touring room and checking inmate.
Adalberto Duarte · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Sleeping while on duty. Neglect of duty.
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Patrick Ferrea · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 20 daysSustained charge(s): 1. Neglect of duty, loafing, idleness or willful failure to devote attention to tasks which would not result in danger to persons or…
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Peter Korczak · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Sleeping while on duty. Neglect of duty.
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Paul Jankin · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Sleeping while on duty. Neglect of duty.
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Michael Horton · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Sleeping while on duty. Neglect of duty.
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
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Senior Correctional Police Officer Dewel Rivera received a 60-day suspension in 2022. The Department of Corrections reported that while Rivera was assigned to a local hospital to guard and secure an inmate, he was observed sleeping while on duty and falsified log book entries to make it appear he was touring the room and checking the inmate. The sustained charges were neglect of duty, conduct unbecoming, violation of administrative procedure, and violation of a rule or regulation.
Dewel Rivera has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Department Of Corrections reported 4,741 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Dewel Rivera individually.